over and out. the u.s. military lowers the flag in baghdad. the final u.s. troops leaving iraq with pride. and putting a fragile nation in the rear view mirror. breaking news for your paycheck. big compromise on capitol hill that could put $1,000 or more back into your paycheck next year. occupy gingrich. newt gets heckled by wall street protesters. they get it back on this american morning. good morning, everyone. it is thursday, december 15. welcome to american morning. good morning, carol. good morning, christine. good morning to all of you. it s over. minutes ago u.s. forces lowered the flag at baghdad and retired the colors to mark the end of the nearly nine-year iraq war. final few thousand u.s. troops are leaving iraq ahead of the new year s eve deadline to get out. it is a war that started with shocking and awe. today the departing soldiers are remembering more than 4,000 who did not come home alive. the long journey home. let s get to barbara starr. s
children. also battle for the heart and soul of the gop. newt gingrich calls for a positive campaign. is that really any way to win an election? i ll ask two men who are no strangers to the rough and tumble of the trail howard dean and tom ridge. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. a dramatic day in a pennsylvania courtroom. jerry sandusky, the former penn state football coach who is charged with child sexual abuse was expected to come face-to-face with his accusers. then at the last minute sandusky dramatically waived his right to a hearing leaving the packed courtroom in shock. he s under house arrest tonight and won t be back in court till this trial begins some time next year. joining me now is jerry sandusky s defense counsel carl rominger. almost unprecedented certainly in pennsylvania. the big question everyone is asking, why did you waive jerry sandusky s rights to have this hearing today? unprecedented in large cases, normal in almost everyday cases, i
christmas? people first of all are so afraid to be political correct. that we re afraid to say anything to each other. t.j. jakes speaks out on that, politics, and his fellow pastor s divorce and sex misconduct allegations. paying tribute. remembering families who celebrate the holidays without their loved ones who died in combat. our fallen heroes. it s all right here right now on cnn. good evening. thanks for joining us. i m don lemon. tonight, los angeles police are trying to figure out why a gunman started shooting at passing cars in hollywood. oh, my god. this is sunset and vine. one of the well most intersections in los angeles. police shot and killed the gunman after this video was taken. he s identified at 25-year-old tyler greene. during the rampage people on the street scrambled for cover. he was shooting, like a car drove by and he shot into the car. cars started to swerve and braking and so then at that point i kind of ducked down behind the water fo
mentioned, one of the largest sports organizations, nonprofits in the country. this investigation started after two men came forward to espn s outside the lines, saying that they had been sexually abused by dod back in the 1980s when they were teen agers. both now grown men say they decided to come forward because of the sex abuse scandals that we have seen play out at penn state and syracuse universities. now, one of the men decided to speak anonymously to espn and ralph west spoke on camera, claiming that was sexually abused, at least six times, back in the 1980s just listen to what he told outside the lines. i was dead asleep and i don t remember anything, but waking up and he has he is trying to put his hand in my boxer shorts. and i jumped up, straight out of bed, and he is not there, but he is laying on the floor next to me down by the bed. of course i was freaked out. how did he get in the room? he add key. he always, somehow, had a key to whatever room i was i
gunman, and new emergency alert system put to the test. we have a deal. leaders of the eu crisis say they have a plan to save a continent. so how are stocks reacting and why isn t britain onboard. and iran shows off what it claims is a top u.s. secret drone, but is it the drone or dummy? some say iran may be pulling a bait and switch on this american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com and good morning to you. happy, happy friday. it is december 9th. carol s favorite day of the week. except for saturday and sunday. ali off, i m carol costello along with krrm krrm christine this american morning. new information on yesterday s deadly virginia tech shooting. ballistic tests are back and police confirming that both people were killed by the same gun in an apparent murder/suicide. police say a gunman shot and killed an officer at a traffic stop and apparently turned the gun on himself after a chase. this all happening nearly five years after the deadlie